Mallie Mathis, 91, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be held at Lakewood Funeral Home on Friday, June 3 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel on Saturday at 2:00 PM with visitation one hour prior. A committal service will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Mathis was born on December 19, 1930 in Leake County, MS to the late Jessie and Mattie Mowdy Holt. She was a longtime member of Morrison Heights Baptist Church and loved to sew.
She is preceded in death by her husband, John Mathis; son, Johnny Eugene Mathis; daughter, Janice Adams; brothers, James, Willie, J.C. and David Holt; and her sisters, Zettie Manton and Jennette Armstrong.
Mrs. Mathis is survived by her sons, Belton Lee Mathis (Susan) and David Lyn Mathis (Eva); daughters, Debra K Griffis (Patrick) and Mattie Darlene Hill (Jeffery); sister, Betty Moudy (Paul); 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
